The village was named for Cyprian C. Norton, who, in 1835, lent his name to the post office established here.[2][3]
The post office structure, with 21 rooms, remains from the 19th century on a property that included, at the time, a home, store, post office, doctor, dentist, schoolhouse, barber shop, blacksmith shop, garage, and working mill. The Louis Cranston Parrish family ran the post office in the 20th century.[2]
The historic Binghams United Methodist Church, established in 1796, is a half mile northeast of Nortonsville, on the north side of the Lynch River, in Dyke, Virginia. Rev. John Gibson, a farmer and landowner, preached there for years.
